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Samodiva: Soundcheck is a curated music platform developed by Metaart Foundation in collaboration with Toplocentrala Regional Centre for Contemporary Arts and Samodiva – Independent Music Community, with the support of the Ministry of Culture. The project focuses on presenting a new generation of Bulgarian independent musicians through a highly distilled and immersive live format. At →

Play Your Anger – Forum Theatre in School is a socially engaged project developed by Metaart Foundation in collaboration with Theatre of Responsibility, Hand Theatre and the Plovdiv Municipality focusing on the intersection between performing arts and youth engagement. Working with students from Nikola Vaptsarov Secondary School in Plovdiv, the project unfolds as a three-month →

The Cultural Policy Development Programme in Hisarya is a collaborative initiative between Metaart Foundation,Municipality of Hisarya, and the programme NextGeneration EU focused on strengthening local cultural infrastructure through knowledge transfer and institutional support. Developed within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the project centers on the establishment and long-term functioning of a →

Daniela Nasteva is a pianist and composer from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The Metaart team helped her apply and win funding from the National Culture Fund – program “Debuts 2024 – Music” for the creation of her debut video clip – “Stormy”. The project took place in the summer of 2025 and was a magical journey through →

EN European Ethno Music in Bulgaria 2025 is a cultural project by Metaart Foundation, realized with the support of NextGenerationEU under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (BG-RRP 11.016.032). The project presents the diversity of contemporary European ethno music through a series of concerts and accompanying events across Bulgaria. Bringing together artists from different cultural →

Station Street Festival 2025 continues the development of one of Plovdiv’s most dynamic urban cultural events, transforming the central city space into a multi-layered environment for music, art, and public engagement. Building on the previous editions, the festival once again brings together a diverse program of live music, performances, installations, and interdisciplinary formats, activating the →

The TDK European Tour 2024, realized with the support of the National Culture Fund, extends the band’s presence across key nodes of the Central and Eastern European alternative music scene. Spanning multiple cities-Belgrade, Budapest, Zagreb, Ljubljana, and Bratislava-the tour connects a series of festivals, venues, and cultural platforms that actively shape the region’s contemporary music →

The participation of TDK in Fekete Zaj Festival 2024 marks an important step in the band’s international presence, situating their work within the broader European alternative music scene. Held in Gyöngyös, the festival brings together a diverse lineup of experimental and alternative acts, providing a context in which TDK’s distinctive sound can resonate beyond the →

The Approximate Man is a project by TDK, developed in collaboration with Metaart Foundation and the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, exploring the transformation of poetry into a live musical experience. The project takes its conceptual starting point from “The Approximate Man” by Tristan Tzara – a text that became a key trigger for the band’s →